From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Richard T. Archer in Claiborne County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus complaining that his enslaved persons have been taken to work on fortifications.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Richard T. Archer at Port Gibson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, complaining about alleged war profiteers and exemptions for men over 50 years of age or employed in "useful trades."

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Richard T. Archer in Port Gibson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, encouraging the state to look for salt on his land.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Richard T. Archer to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting that Doctor H. Ring be exempted from militia service. He also mentions an arsenal explosion at Jackson, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. W. Carroll, an overseer, at Lexington, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting exemption from militia duty.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Robert Richardson at Grenada, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting a surgeon's commission.